What I did this afternoon (Signifying Nothing: how does saying nothing at all become so loud?)

Friday, 22 October 2004

What I did this afternoon

Here’s a hint: if you think the movie’s about the War on Terror, you’re wrong.

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1. Brock Sides wrote @ Sat, 23 Oct 2004, 9:06 am CDT:

So is this supposed to be ironic, or is this that new meta-irony*, where the joke’s on anyone who thinks you’re being straightforwardly ironic, because you’re really endorsing the position expressed by a literal understanding of your words?

*Not to be confused with Alanis Morissette irony, which isn’t irony at all.

2. Chris Lawrence wrote @ Sat, 23 Oct 2004, 10:13 am CDT:

Sometimes a photoshopped billboard is just a photoshopped billboard.

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